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danteIL
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[PRESS] Vanishing Point Game in the News I don't know if we want to start a separate PRESS thread, but this was on CNN.com this morning:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/01/10/vista.promo.ap/index.html
[edit - started a PRESS thread for this stuff - kona]
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:01 am
konamouse
Official uF Dietitian
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 7569 Location: My own alternate reality
CES Blog from Mercury News http://www.mercextra.com/blogs/takahashi/2007/01/09/why-did-holly-konamouse-go-to-the-bellagio/
http://www.mercextra.com/blogs/ces/2007/01/09/vistas-fountain-show-at-the-bellagio/
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:18 am
miss_seph
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Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 395 Location: New Zealand
Article in New Zealand Herald Article in NZ Herald
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:18 pm
Rogi Ocnorb
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Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 4244 Location: Where the cheese is free.
BoingBoing With Generous Jane References http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/09/microsofts_new_alter.html
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:38 pm
aliendial
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Joined: 28 Sep 2002 Posts: 3372 Location: Far Far Away. Nowhere Near You. Really.
Kona - very cool.
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:51 pm
thebruce
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Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6775 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
Re: BoingBoing With Generous Jane References
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http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/09/microsofts_new_alter.html
haha sorry, just had to say - great place to cut off the article's full name "Microsoft's New Alter(nate reality game) "
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:24 pm
fubarz
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Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 117 Location: LA
Southern CA TV coverage Broadcast Ch. 11 10 o'clock news Sat Jan. 13 Channel 11 10 o'clock news is going to air a piece on Vanishing Point Game.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:30 pm
thebruce
Dances With Wikis
Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6775 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
'Channel 11' isn't very specific
Network name? Is it a network or a local station to you? If it's network it'll likely be on other channels for other people not local.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:15 pm
Shad0
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Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Posts: 2032 Location: Southern California, USA
Re: [PRESS] Vanishing Point Game in the News Channel 11
thebruce wrote:
'Channel 11' isn't very specific
Network name? Is it a network or a local station to you? If it's network it'll likely be on other channels for other people not local.
It's the local Fox affiliate.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:16 pm
catherwood
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Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 3369 Location: Silicon Valley, CA
thebruce wrote:
'Channel 11' isn't very specific :P
Network name? Is it a network or a local station to you? If it's network it'll likely be on other channels for other people not local.
You fell into the same pothole I frequently do: the vital info was NOT in the body of the post, but hidden in the Subject line and Subject description :
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Southern CA TV coverage
Broadcast Ch. 11 10 o'clock news Sat Jan. 13
(I'm not sure if a single *broadcast* channel can reach ALL of southern california, from L.A. to San Diego. Care to specify a city? Even better, how about the station's call letters?)
It's a part of the new-and-improved forums that I haven't yet gotten used to.
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:00 pm
thebruce
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Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6775 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
hah yeah tnx cather... missed that too. obviously. For some reason I thought the description was only for the first post, for the thread. *sigh* ah well I missed it anyway. Was it good, if anyone saw it?
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:36 pm
Shad0
I Have No Life
Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Posts: 2032 Location: Southern California, USA
Re: [PRESS] Vanishing Point Game in the News Fox 11 News at 10
thebruce wrote:
hah yeah tnx cather... missed that too. obviously. For some reason I thought the description was only for the first post, for the thread. *sigh* ah well I missed it anyway. Was it good, if anyone saw it?
It just aired a few minutes ago. It was all right, I suppose, but something about the way they said "viral marketing campaign" made it sound creepy. Well, at the very least it certainly gave Bill Gates more free publicity for Windows Vista, which is after all the point.
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:48 am
Randomeis
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdqJXQJ5DxQ
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:37 am
aliendial
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Joined: 28 Sep 2002 Posts: 3372 Location: Far Far Away. Nowhere Near You. Really.
Wonder who the guys who got interviewed were. The guy with the beard looked familiar...reminded me of a certain guy with an eight-legged avatar.
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:16 am
bwochinski
Decorated
Joined: 06 Oct 2003 Posts: 164 Location: Wisconsin
Building Vista buzz with a puzzle @ ZDNet
Summary wrote:
It started with a cryptic ad on an official Internet Explorer blog, and it quickly led curious puzzle players to what may be one of the most ambitious interactive sweepstakes in history.
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:39 am
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